On 7th December 2010, e-skills UK, the skills council for business and information technology, hosted a networking event at their offices in London for over fifty female IT professionals from companies such as Google, Goldman Sachs, Cisco, Centrica, Infosys and Logica. Apart from sharing skills, the event highlighted the work of companies such as Infosys and Goldman Sachs in persuading girls to consider a career in IT. Effective solutions to the problem of attracting girls into technology subjects ranged from hands-on programming workshops to video presentations, applications (apps) development for mobile devices, female IT roles models and a mentoring network. The event represented a renewal of emphasis on the ‘Girls in IT’ campaign because “for almost half the population to shun a career in IT represents a major threat to the UK’s future prosperity”, said Karen Price CEO of e-skills UK.
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